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Sarah Smith vs Katie Lam

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Katie Lam voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 213 different votes 233 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
25 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
25 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
107
+24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
84
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Contributions
128
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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